title: Characterisation of a new human and murine member of the DnaJ family of proteins.
abstract: We report the characterisation of a human gene, designated MCG18 (multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 candidate gene 18), that encodes a new member of the DnaJ family of proteins. Database searches indicate that MCG18 also has the locus name HSPF2. MCG18 lies 250bp centromeric of the VRF/VEGFB gene on chromosome 11q13. The MCG18 cDNA is predicted to encode a 241 amino acid product that has partial homology to Escherichia coli dnaJ in that it contains the J domain. However, MCG18 has greatest similarity to a functionally undefined protein from Caenorhabditis elegans, both of which are predicted to have a membrane-spanning region adjacent to their J domains. The cDNA encoding the murine homolog (Mcg18) was also cloned and sequenced, and the encoded protein shares 81% similarity to MCG18. The coding region of MCG18 is interrupted by 4 introns and the mRNA is expressed as a 1.4kb message in all tissues examined, including those derived from the breast, ovary, bladder, lung and keratinocytes.
authors.affiliation: Queensland Cancer Fund Research Unit, Joint Experimental Oncology Program, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Herston, Australia. gintS@qimr.edu.au
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Silins
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Grimmond
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hayward
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D017173:Caenorhabditis elegans / Q000235:genetics; D002460:Cell Line; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D005260:Female; D050956:HSP40 Heat-Shock Proteins; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D015801:Helminth Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D007438:Introns; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D018076:DNA, Complementary; C110778:DNAJC4 protein, human; C494635:DnaJ protein, E coli; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D050956:HSP40 Heat-Shock Proteins; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins; D015801:Helminth Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger